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Printed circuit board with an adaptable connector module

a technology of adaptable connectors and printed circuit boards, which is applied in the direction of sliding card holders, coupling device connections, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of vme backplane compatibility problems, add cost, and add unnecessary costs of development of several different types of pcbs

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-11-01
GE INTELLIGENT PLATFORMS EMBEDDED SYST
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Benefits of technology

"The patent text describes a printed circuit board that has a connector for connecting an application-specific connector to the board. The board also has a common connector for connecting to another board. The text also describes a method for detecting if a module is installed on the board and the type of connector on the module. Additionally, the text describes a module that connects a RTM board to a front board. The technical effects of this patent include improved connectivity and detection of modules on printed circuit boards."

Problems solved by technology

PCBs designed for VITA 31 P0 connector may not plug physically into many standard VME backplanes due to interference between the VITA 31 P0 connector and mechanical structures in a VME backplane.
Further, a VITA 41 P0 connector also presents compatibility problems with VME backplanes.
Support of extra ordering options for excluding a P0 connector or including a particular P0 connector adds cost to building PCBs as a specific PCB must be designed for each scenario and, thus, adds unnecessary costs of development of several different types of PCBs.

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[0023]Although the present disclosure describes a modular application-specific connection adaptable to accept a P0 connection from either a VITA 31 P0 module or a VITA 41 P0 module, the present disclosure is not limited to these embodiments and can be applied to other printed circuit boards with modular application-specification connections, for example, a modular application-specific connection adaptable to accept a “Zone 3” connection from a variety of AdvancedTCA “Zone 3” implementations.

[0024]As described above, printed circuit boards (PCB) and peripheral devices typically conform to standards specified by industry. A Versatile Modular E-bus (VMEbus) is an industry standard multiprocessor system bus that uses a 32 bit address and data bus for communication between various “Versa Module Europa” (VME) cards. The VME standard bus provides a maximum number of 21 VME card slots. The VMEbus includes two rows of female connectors providing access to a first connector (e.g., a P1 connec...

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Abstract

A printed circuit board including a P1 connector, a P2 connector, and a first common connector configured to connect an application-specific connector to the printed circuit board.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The embodiments described herein are related to a printed circuit board with a modular application-specification connection.[0002]Printed circuit boards (PCB) and peripheral devices typically conform to standards specified by industry. These standards define PCB dimensions, as well as types of connector and locations of connectors with respect to the PCB. For example, VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA) has defined a standard for modular circuit packaging commonly known as the “Versa Module Europa” (VME), a flexible environment supporting a variety of computing intensive tasks, and has become a rather popular protocol in the computer industry. VME incorporates a number of design standards such as IEEE standard 1101.1, IEEE standard 1101.2, VITA20, ANSI / VITA1, VITA1.1 (VME64X) and IEEE standard P1386.[0003]Standard connector types for a VME board 102 include a first connector “P1” at a location 104 and a second connector “P2” at a location 1...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H01R12/00
CPCH05K1/0295H05K7/1461H01R23/68H05K1/182H05K2201/09954H05K2201/10189H05K2201/10446H05K2201/10522H01R12/724
Inventor SLATON, DAVID S.
Owner GE INTELLIGENT PLATFORMS EMBEDDED SYST